Rules quotes

“- Chinese Boy: Look, mister, there are some rules that you've got to follow.
- Billy Peltzer: Yeah, what kind of rules?
- Chinese Boy: First of all, keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight will kill him. Second, don't give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget...” (continue)(continue reading)

John Louie - Chinese Boy
Zach Galligan - Billy Peltzer

“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, and everything else is cream cheese.”

Jay Tarses - Coach Finstock

“- Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen: So, Mr. Jackson, still the rational man? How many people have perished in your logical little war?
- The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson: There are rules in life! We cannot fly to the moon. We cannot defy death. We must face facts, not folly. You don't live in the real world.”
John Neville - Hieronymus Karl Frederick Baron von Munchausen
Jonathan Pryce - The Right Ordinary Horatio Jackson

“These are the simple rules. No barking, now growling, you will not lift your leg to anything in this house. This is not your room. No slobbering, no chewing, you will wear a flea collar. This is not your room. No begging for food, no sniffing of crotches, and you will not drink from my toilet. This is not your room.”

Tom Hanks - Scott Turner

“Whoever holds the conch gets to speak.”
Balthazar Getty - Ralph

“- Daniel: All right, so what are the rules here?
- Miyagi: Don't know. First time you, first time me.
- Daniel: Well, I figured you knew about this stuff. I figured you went to these before. Oh great, I'm dead. I am dead. You told me you fought a lot.
- Miyagi: For life, not for points.”

Ralph Macchio - Daniel LaRusso
Pat Morita - Miyagi

“- Bruce: There's no rule against smoking here.
- Henry Desalvo: This isn't about rules, it's about manners.”
Michael McShane - Bruce
Dennis Farina - Henry Desalvo

“- Captain von Trapp: Fraulein Maria, did I or did I not say that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this household?
- Maria: Yes, well the children were scared of the thunderstorm and... you did, sir.
- Captain von Trapp: And do you or do you not have trouble following these simple instructions?
- Maria: Only during thunderstorms, sir.”
Christopher Plummer - Captain von Trapp
Julie Andrews - Maria

“Don't talk to anyone, don't touch anything, don't do anything, don't interact with anyone, and try not to look at anything.”

Chris Lloyd - Dr. Emmett Brown

- Booster: The Space Ranger Manual says "No Ranger is allowed to go on a mission without a partner." I think it's Section B, sub-section Delta.
- Buzz Lightyear: Actually, it's sub-section Gamma.
- XR: He's right, big guy, sub-section Delta's the dress code. Incidentally, why can't we have nose rings?
- Buzz Lightyear: Because nose rings are for... (continue)(continue reading)
Stephen Furst - Booster
Tim Allen - Buzz Lightyear
Larry Miller - XR

“The appearance of law must be upheld, especially while it's being broken.”
Jim Broadbent - William 'Boss' Tweed

“- Carla: Everything here is by the book.
- Kelly: Thanks for the warning, but I would really like to try and retain my individuality around here.”
Andrea Lewis - Carla
Hilary Duff - Kelly

“You see, Sir, between the two of us, we do know them all.”

Daniel Day-Lewis - John Proctor

Here are the two rules of Miyagi-Ryu Karate, rule number one: “karate for defense only”, rule number two: “first learn rule number one”.
Pat Morita - Miyagi
Ralph Macchio - Daniel

The only law I know is "Jack Murphy's law". It's very simple. Don't fuck with Jack Murphy. You remember that.

Charles Bronson - Jack Murphy

“- Alexander Haig: The deadline is today.
- Richard M. Nixon: Can we get around this, Al?
- Alexander Haig: It's the Supreme Court, sir. You don't get around it.”
Powers Boothe - Alexander Haig
Philip Anthony Hopkins - Richard M. Nixon

“When we're ready we would like to ask you to remove your eyeglasses and shoes and place your head between the knees… Between your own knees, Father!”
Wendy Phillips - Mary

“- Harry Callahan: I don't like your list, Swan. I don't like being on it.
- Peter Swan: Ah, that's, that's what this is really all about, isn't it? Well, if you got a charge to make...
- Harry Callahan: Maybe I'll start my own dead pool, and put you on it.
- Peter Swan: You threatening me?
- Harry Callahan: You want to play the game, you'd...” (continue)(continue reading)
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan
Liam Neeson - Peter Swan

“- Shinyuki: The Black Star Ninja has betrayed the code.
- Pvt. Joe T. Armstrong: Then... he must die.”
John Fujioka - Shinyuki
Michael Dudikoff - Pvt. Joe T. Armstrong

“We live by the rules, we die by the rules.”
William Petersen - Ames Levritt

“I only got one rule. And that's never bet money that you don't have on a dog race with an ex-girlfriend who happens to be a stripper.”
Cheech Marin - Romeo Posar

“- Greg Weinstein: There's two rules you have to remember as a trainee, number one: we don't pitch the bitch here.
- Seth Davis: What?
- Greg Weinstein: We don't sell stock to women.”
Nicky Katt - Greg Weinstein
Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis

“I broke my own rule. I started to give a fuck... and I brought you guys along with me.”
Kristin A. Scott Thomas - Lieutenant A.K. Waters

“- Anita Miller: First it was butter then it was sugar and white flour, bacon, eggs, balogna, rock 'n roll, motorcycles. Then! It was celebrating Christmas on a day in September when you knew it wouldn't be commercialized! What else are you gonna ban?
- Elaine Miller: Honey, you want to rebel against knowledge, I'm trying to give you the...” (continue)(continue reading)
Zooey Deschanel - Anita Miller
Frances McDormand - Elaine Miller

“This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.”

Tim Robbins - Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh